MAXWELL v. COUNTY BD. OF EDUCATION OF DAVIDSON CO., TENN.

No. 14607.

301 F.2d 828 (1962)

Henry C. MAXWELL, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Jack Greenberg, New York City, Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville, Tenn., Thurgood Marshall, James M. Nabrit, III, New York City, on brief, for appellants.

K. Harlan Dodson, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., Shelton Luton, Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellees.

Before MILLER, Chief Judge, CECIL, Circuit Judge, and DARR, Senior District Judge.


CECIL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee concerning the desegregation of the public school system of Davidson County, Tennessee. This is the county in which the city of Nashville is located.

The appellants are Negroes and citizens of the United States and Davidson county. The adult plaintiffs are parents or guardians of the infant...

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